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make SHOW TABLES work
author catherine@dellzilla
date Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:07:24 -0500
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1 ======================================
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2 Features requiring application changes
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3 ======================================
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4
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5 Command shortcuts
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6 =================
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8 .. _parameters:
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10 Environment parameters
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11 ======================
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13 Your application can define user-settable parameters
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14 which your code can reference. Create them as class attributes
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15 with their default values, and add them (with optional
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16 documentation) to ``settable``.
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17
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18 ::
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20 from cmd2 import Cmd
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21 class App(Cmd):
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22 degrees_c = 22
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23 sunny = False
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24 settable = Cmd.settable + '''degrees_c temperature in Celsius
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25 sunny'''
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26 def do_sunbathe(self, arg):
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27 if self.degrees_c < 20:
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28 result = "It's {temp} C - are you a penguin?".format(temp=self.degrees_c)
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29 elif not self.sunny:
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30 result = 'Too dim.'
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31 else:
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32 result = 'UV is bad for your skin.'
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33 self.stdout.write(result + '\n')
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34 app = App()
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35 app.cmdloop()
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36
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37 ::
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39 (Cmd) set --long
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40 degrees_c: 22 # temperature in Celsius
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41 sunny: False #
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42 (Cmd) sunbathe
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43 Too dim.
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44 (Cmd) set sunny yes
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45 sunny - was: False
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46 now: True
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47 (Cmd) sunbathe
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48 UV is bad for your skin.
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49 (Cmd) set degrees_c 13
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50 degrees_c - was: 22
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51 now: 13
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52 (Cmd) sunbathe
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53 It's 13 C - are you a penguin?
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56 Commands with flags
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57 ===================
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59 .. _outputters:
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61 poutput, pfeedback, perror
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62 ==========================
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64 Standard ``cmd`` applications produce their output with ``self.stdout.write('output')`` (or with ``print``,
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65 but ``print`` decreases output flexibility). ``cmd2`` applications can use
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66 ``self.poutput('output')``, ``self.pfeedback('message')``, and ``self.perror('errmsg')``
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67 instead. These methods have these advantages:
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69 - More concise
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70 - ``.pfeedback()`` destination is controlled by :ref:`quiet` parameter.
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